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Wonderful. Where you based?

Longest of shots but, we're after a couple of copies of our own publication...

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The only thing that's ever really given us pause to quit that Yung Lean photobook

Recently sent an editor prose, chopped up and churned through InDesign, but written as prose. Self evidently prose.

"I don't like the poems."

And there we have it.

2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Lucy Ives || Read more about Lucy’s background below As I write in the introduction to my forthcoming book, three six five, “We must make writin…

The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open!

Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs!

Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership!

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Insta feed's full of Tarkovky interviews. Say what you will re. his work but he's a dreadful interviewee; that sort of affected Catholic faux-mysticism, talking in broad strokes, aching for his immortality. Would be all over podcasts today

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Tripped
Norman Ohler
Atlantic, 2025

Follow-up to Blitzed. Makes the various connections between the Nazis & CIA extremely well, but regurgitates tired old tropes about 'unsuccessful' mind control programmes. Most of the files he/we need are under lock & key. Decent though.

#CurrentlyReading

Competent... culturally

Ah, the everything methodology cop-out

I see A-Level style 'urban decay' photography is making a strong comeback. Diabolical times

All of our poetry titles can be found at the National Poetry Library, London

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Appalling to find another international publishing house we'd respected let standards plummet by publishing a moribund, bourgeois Mancunian author. Twice now, in a matter of weeks. Editorial standards? Perhaps they're fulfilling an Arts Council quota or the like

All of our poetry titles can be found at the National Poetry Library, London

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Everything 'community hub'

Book's a lovely item, DESIGNED but easy on the eye, will defo give it a whirl

Arrivals!

@smalltowninertia.bsky.social

Beautiful new editions.

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Get yourselves down East Bristol Books. Doing things right.

Good to have a gander @stuhennigan.bsky.social 'Keshed' while I was there.

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We've got 3 ms we're keen on editing & publishing, but still lack a dedicated sales/repping team. Stasis & search will go on until we find one.

Our initial 3 titles were well received with national & international press & praise from contemporaries. Reflected with utter disinterest from our reps

Source is looking for New Work. No fee to submit. As part of our research for future issues, Source will be organising Zoom meetings with photographers to look at new photographic work. Open to photographers from or based in Ireland or the UK. Details at source.ie DL 27 February 2026.

The US editions' ending of 'A Clockwork Orange' renders the fable hugely bleak. They'd do well to revert to the British version. And ultimately realise its historical context & ingenuity.

Wasn't 'Wicked' pulled because it not a YA text? Haven't read it.

No book should be 'banned' obvs.

One for the lolz for any publishers from without the 'big five'.

The least flexible and responsive industry imaginable.

Let's all do tertiary-sourced artists books / glorified nostalgic flick books... and whatever happens, do not mention the original artists. 2026, thems the rules

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When in Rome, Rodney

Quite

Cover of the book THE BOOK BUSINESS: WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW by Mike Shatzkin and Robert Paris Riger

"It's fucked."

Are we all looking forward to Joyce Carol Oates' memoirs/journals or what?

Decent (as in functioning) alternatives to Google Search please?

Not Bing. Not Yandex. Not DDG. Not Ecosia.